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Barryyelland
Fri 9 Sep 2011 18:36
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Well down Red Sea now, should transitting Bab el Mendeb Straits
tomorrow morning 0900'ish. That will be on my watch as I am now doing
8-12 (morning and evening).
Had a bit of a scare yesterday as one of the sailors freaked out as
we don't have any anti-malaria tablets onboard. Apparently some time
ago he was seriously ill in hospital for 2 weeks with malaria. He
went completely off the rails. After some telexes back and forth with
the office it appears that where we are going is not a malaria area
anyway. Just trying to convince this man of that fact is not easy.
Last night he was of the opinion that he would die if he only looked
at a mosquito.
Never a dull moment onboard, that's for sure.
He's calmed down a bit now but I am still concerned.
At least there are plenty of warships around if things get really
desperate and we need medical help in a hurry.